Neuro What? (plus some good climate change news)

 Calm

A word which reflects a state of being that's somewhat alien to many of us.

Here's some from Daily Om, complete with it's photo of the day. Which is why I get this in my in-box every day. Sometimes I read it. Sometimes I don't. I offer it for educational information only.

With gentle neuro-calming exercises, you can rewire the way you respond to stress, restore balance, and remember what it feels like to be at ease.

Life has a way of piling things on — stress, distraction, and burnout. Sometimes we carry it for years without realizing it, but feeling this way doesn’t mean you’re broken. Your brain and body are doing their best to keep up with constant demands; they’re simply signaling that they need your care.... Neuro-calming activities can be as simple as pausing to take a deep breath, softening the tension in your shoulders, or stopping to feel the ground beneath your feet. Each time you do, you’re sending a small but powerful message to your nervous system: You’re safe now. ... Over time, these small, intentional practices create ripples of change that move through your whole being — helping you when you feel overwhelmed to regain mental clarity and focus, and feel more relaxed and in control again. This is the power of neuroscience — learning that peace doesn’t come from outside circumstances, but from the way you choose to care for yourself with awareness, compassion, and an open heart.

Peace. An idealistic state of being, where no one wants to harm another. Except for the animals who depend on eating others to continue their existence. Are humans ingrained the same way, wanting to exist only by demolishing the lives of others? Just my thought for today.

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And a bit of good news on Climate Change!! Yes Katharine Hayhoe has published again, but this time the editor is Anne Therese Gennari.

"Activating climate’s ‘silent majority” is a phrase coined by The Guardian earlier this year. It alludes to the hidden truth that most of us around the world – a full 89 percent – want stronger climate action but mistakenly believe we are the minority.
 
What’s missing isn’t the science, technology, or innovative climate solutions, but rather our willingness to speak open-heartedly about the world we care about and the changes we desire. We must trust that what we feel so urgently, others feel too – and when we speak up, we can join forces.
 
But why aren’t we already doing this? Why are we kept in this ‘spiral of silence’? That is the question I’ve been asking myself for years, and it is what led me to launch a company that focuses on that mission. The answer is not straightforward, but it’s simple: we need to shift the narrative on climate change.
 
I’m a Climate Optimist by professional title, mission, and passion, and what has become so clear to me is that optimism is a practice. Optimism is not merely a mindset or an attitude; it’s a strategy, a mission, a lifestyle choice. In my opinion, one should choose to be radically optimistic or not be radical at all.
 
To turn from silence to collective action, we must understand and activate the powerful forces we have at our disposal. We must recognize that in a time that matters so much, we ourselves as individuals can become the tipping points our future relies upon.

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( Katharine here - AT’s words here remind me of a quote from “just shower thoughts” I read not long ago: “When people talk about travelling to the past, they worry about radically changing the present by doing something small; but barely anyone in the present really thinks that they can radically change the future by doing something small.” Just think about that for a minute!)

SOURCE: Why optimism is a radical act

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And related to this...

I do NOT recommend the book which was the discussion focus from our UU Church's Social Action Committee last summer...by another author. "Not the End of the World" by Hannah Ritchie. She gives global statements without good science to back them up, and concludes there is no climate crisis. 

Just so you know I do try to have an open mind about climate change.